The Iron Giant

Year

1999

Duration

86 minutes

Genres

Action and Adventure, Animation, Family

Language

English

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Synopsis

Bringing to life the much-loved story by British poet Ted Hughes, The Iron Giant takes place in a quiet American town in the 1960s. The tale begins when a young boy named Hogarth follows a trail of huge footprints leading from his house into the woods - and finds an iron giant from space! Instantly the two form a firm friendship, and when the army try and destroy this enormous visitor, Hogarth does everything he can to protect his giant pal. Beautifully animated, this is a film with lots of wit and a huge amount of heart.

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Brad Bird

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This film has a couple of uses of mild bad language

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